When he mentioned Zhending Mansion, Wanyan Zongbi felt filled with despair and even began to doubt his life——

Even if the city cannot be conquered, forget it. After all, this aspect is the strength of the Song people. Using one's own shortcomings to attack another's strong points is what a wise man would not do.

But why can’t we win in a field battle?

Forget about big carts that look like iron-shelled turtles, they also have palm thunder!

In particular, why did a fair-faced young general in the Song Army keep staring at him, either with cold arrows or openly rushing into battle, as if he would not give up until he was killed?

Do you have a grudge against him for killing your father or for taking away his wife?

Wanyan Zongbi seriously reflected on it and found that he had not done anything bad since he followed Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang south to attack the Song Dynasty. At most, he just sent troops to plunder Tangyin——

If those damn Song people hadn't been against the army, if they had honestly contributed all their food and grass to the army, then would there be any need for me to order homes to be raided and plundered?

Besides, what does the matter of me looting Tang Yin have to do with him, a young general from the Zhending Palace? Do you have to look like you won’t give up until you kill yourself?

The key is that I can't beat him.

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became. Wanyan Zongbi simply picked up the wine bag and drank a sip. He threw the wine bag aside and said: "Go down and have the soldiers be ready. When the troops arrive, the two armies will

Combine into one army and retreat around Hejian Mansion."

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"Information to the officials: In April of 1898, the Xia people fell into Zhenwei City, and Zhu Zhao, who was the commander of the city, died. More than 20,000 soldiers and civilians were captured, and more than 10,000 were killed or injured."

He Ji, who was uneasy in his heart, sent the information to Wu Xin's heart, and then bowed and stood in front of Zhao Huan, quietly waiting for the storm to come——

He Ji knew very well in his heart that an official who could defeat the Jin soldiers into dogs through continuous battles and victories was different from the emperor who cowarded both Jin and Xixia.

When an emperor hears about a war, his first reaction is never how to fight, but how to negotiate a peace.

And today's officials...the first reaction of today's officials is always how to beat the shit out of the other party.

However, Zhao Huan was not as calm as He Ji expected. After looking through the information in his hand, he threw it to Master Zhong and said, "Qing Zhong, take a look first."

Zhao Huan's calmness is of course not true calmness, but a habitual indifference after often knowing that he has been cheated again.

The emperors of the Zhao family throughout the dynasties were basically all cheats, cheating themselves and their descendants, and the emperor Zhao Jixiang was the best among them! Just like Zhao Jixiang's fault when the Jin soldiers went south, Xixia is no exception -

In the first month of the fourth year of Yingzong Zhiping's reign, the fifth emperor of the Song Dynasty, Yingzong, died, and the sixth emperor Shenzong ascended the throne. Regarding the situation during this period, Wang Fuzhi had an incisive discussion in "Song Lun": The emperor pretended to be peaceful to boast of arrogance.

The captives and ministers make differences and differences to argue with each other, the generals hold their breath in fear of suspicion, the soldiers are scattered and shameful. Leading the tired people without training, controlling the generals without plans,... you cannot achieve the same goal.

It is no wonder that one surrenders to peace after fighting.

Just like the emperors of the Song Dynasty who first came to the throne, they wanted to "work hard to rule and achieve great things... to avert the shame of generations to come." Song Shenzong Zhao Xu was naturally no exception. Therefore, in the third year of his accession to the throne, he

He decisively recruited Wang Anshi, who had long been famous, and appointed him as the counselor of political affairs. He began to reform and reform the Northern Song Dynasty to change the current situation of poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty and realize the desire to make the country rich and the military strong.

The so-called enriching the country means developing production, revitalizing the economy, and solving the financial difficulties faced by the country; strengthening the army means changing "redundant expenditures" and raising "redundant soldiers." The army is huge, but its combat effectiveness is not strong. "Thieves attack but cannot defend it." , the passive situation of Rong and Di plundering and being unable to resist".

It was under this situation of reform and strengthening that Wang Shao proposed three chapters of his "Pingrong Policy" to the court, discussing in detail the strategy of adopting Xixia.

Wang Shao, courtesy name Zichun, was born in De'an, Jiangzhou, and was a Jinshi in Jiayou. He was resourceful and good at strategy. He first served as the chief secretary of Xin'an, and later joined the army as the manager of Jianchang Army. He failed in the examination system, so he traveled to Shaanxi and interviewed people on the border. To understand the customs and customs of the Qiang people, I once traveled to Gansu and Qinghai at my own expense, consciously collected and interviewed side affairs, and went deep into the barren land of the Western Fan Qiang people, conducting on-site inspections, careful interviews, and repeated analysis.

During his travels, he realized that dealing with Xixia was a long-term and arduous task. After returning to the capital, he organized his thoughts and opinions into a strategy. The general idea was:

"There is a group of rebels over there in Xixia. They have been thinking about coming to attack our Qingtang land. If we don't attack first now, are we going to have to wait for him to come and harm us in the future?

Anyway, judging from the current situation, they are basically a bunch of weak chickens over there, and the Qiang tribes are currently in a state of division and do not belong to each other. It is better to simply take advantage of the current good opportunity to separate them and defeat them one by one.

Once all the Qiang tribes are dealt with, the Li family in Hexi will become the one in my hands. If I want to flatten and round him, isn't it just a matter of your words as an official?"

When Song Shenzong Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi took a look at it, they felt that this little brother's idea was very good. This was a great thing that would help the Song Dynasty. If he really succeeded, the Xixia man named Li Isn't it going to be over sooner or later?

Then the two of them joined forces and appointed Wang Shao as the Qinfeng Road Manager Yiwen (equivalent to a confidential secretary) to take charge of the development of the Xihe River. From then on, a scholar was in charge of the military and took on the task of recovering Hehuang. .

In the spring and summer of the fourth year of Xining, Wang Shao first pacified one of the largest Tubo tribes in the Qing and Tang Dynasties. Its tribal chief Yu Longke "led his 120,000 people to join the tribe." Song Shenzong gave him the name Baoshun and made him his guardian. Minzhou. Under this influence, nearly 200,000 nearby smaller tribes joined the Northern Song Dynasty. As a result, the territory under the Northern Song Dynasty expanded by 1,200 miles.

The most important thing is that Wang Shao can really fight——

In July of the fifth year of Xining, Wang Shao built forts at Weiyuan Fort and Qishenping, marched to Mobang Mountain, and faced off against Tubo Monluojiao, Moer and Shuiba tribes, and Wang Shao acted as a double-flowered red stick. , led the Song soldiers to beat the Tibetan soldiers wildly, and after beating them, they also burned their tents, which shocked the whole Taoxi.

In the sixth year of Xining, Wang Shao, who had won consecutive battles, stationed in Kanglezhai and Liuchuan Fort, and opened a pay road. In February, Wang Shao conquered Hezhou in one fell swoop. In April, he captured Hanomuzang City and Xiangzi City. In August, he crossed over to Luogu. Mountain, south into Taozhou territory.

Finally, after another brutal beating of Mu Zheng, Mu Lingzheng, the leader of Tubo Minzhou, simply took the initiative to return the city to the Song Dynasty. The Tubo tribes in Dang, Tao, and Diezhou also joined in succession.

During this expedition, Wang Shao marched for fifty-four days, traveled 18,000 miles, pacified the five states, and recruited numerous Tibetan tribes. From Linjiangzhai in Dangzhou to the north of Anxiangguan, the area covered an area of ​​2,000 miles.

This victory broke the political atmosphere of conformity and laziness that permeated the Northern Song Dynasty to a certain extent, and won the reformists a great political reputation. As a result, Wang Shao was promoted to Zuo Jianyi and Bachelor of Duanming Palace.

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Due to the success of the Battle of Xihe, the Silk Road that had been blocked by Xixia's plundering war could also be opened unimpeded.

However, all this is of no use.

Because Zhao Xu, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, could not get rid of the vicious circle of the emperors of the Song Dynasty who were very impressive when they first came to the throne, but became useless after a few years——

Because Wang Shao often criticized the sand sculptures in the court for "repeatedly using military force and labor and money", and when he was demoted to the magistrate of Hongzhou, he secretly criticized Zhao Xu in his gratitude, and was later demoted to the magistrate of Ezhou.

, and later died of illness in the fourth year of Yuanfeng.

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Zhao Suo and Xu Xi led more than 20,000 cavalrymen and were defeated at Yongle City, which directly ruined the good situation established by Wang Shao. Zhao Xu even more "later did not dare to use his troops."

To the north, and for a moment to the west, in the battle of Lingwu, the army was lost and the generals were overthrown, and millions of people were killed. The emperor was rewarded at night, got up, walked around the couch, and couldn't sleep the whole morning."

He even cried bitterly in the morning.

After the death of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the successor to the throne was Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu. After Zhao killed Empress Dowager Gao, he immediately started using his father's reform strategy and planned to continue to defeat Xixia, and the coach Wang Zhan was exactly following the Tubo rule.

The son of the famous general Wang Shao who was beaten to death——

After another "reform", the Song army, whose combat effectiveness was greatly increased, crossed the Yellow River under the leadership of the famous general Wang Zhan. After three months of bloody battles, the Hehuang area was finally completely pacified, and all the local leaders of the rebellious ministries were imprisoned.

Go to the Song Dynasty.

This strategic location, which had been lost since the Anshi Rebellion and was connected to the Silk Road, was placed under the direct control of the Song Dynasty. In September of that year, "Zhang Dun, the Prime Minister, led hundreds of officials to express his congratulations on the recovery of the Qing Tang Dynasty."

The Song Dynasty was immersed in the joy of regaining its land.

Such military exploits should have been of great significance to the national destiny of the Northern Song Dynasty: owning such a treasure land was equivalent to having an arm stuck around the neck of the sworn enemy Xixia, and if the Song Dynasty could seize this strategic opportunity and then manage it patiently

This "treasure land" can not only obtain huge wealth through the Silk Road, but also "incubate" sufficient cavalry troops with the abundant water and grass in Hehuang. The Song Dynasty can also completely say goodbye to "poverty and weakness".

The "big picture" for the rise of passion has, theoretically speaking, been established in one battle.

But half a year later, in March of the third year of Yuanfu, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, who was determined to reform, died young, and the prime minister Zhang Dun who supported the war sadly resigned from office. The "frivolous" Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Jixiang, officially ascended the throne of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

throne.

Then, Wang Zhan, who was leading the Song army in a bloody battle on the front line, suddenly received a hidden arrow from behind——

A group of veterans of the "old party" desperately clamored and tried their best to discredit the war. General Wang Zhan, who had made extraordinary contributions to the country, was even charged with a bizarre crime: "the Qing and Tang clans are filled with resentment to the bone and are seeking revenge."

This means that Wang Zhan was at fault. His fault was that he won the battle brilliantly. What if these tribes took revenge again?

As a result, relying on this bizarre crime, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and his ministers launched a wave of "counter-killing" operations:

The leader of the rebellious tribe captured by Wang Zhan quickly had a good meal and drink, and then gave a bunch of high-ranking officials titles and "gifts" back to him.

The Hehuang territory that the Song Army regained with blood? Take it back to me quickly!

General Wang Zhan, who has made great contributions to the country? He was sent to Hainan Island in one fell swoop!

General Wang Zhan, who was filled with grief and anger, was not willing to be humiliated after being taken to Dengzhou, Henan, and committed suicide in anger to prove his innocence.

Then the land that the father and son had conquered at the risk of their lives was returned to me as a gift.

Ironically, as soon as General Wang Zhan committed suicide, those "rebellious tribal leaders" who had eaten well and returned to Hehuang started rebelling, giving the Song Dynasty and Zhao Jixiang a slap in the face.

With such an awesome emperor, Zhao Huan said that he was used to being tricked.

But if you should smoke Xixia, you still have to smoke Xixia.

This is just like a child who is always making a fuss when he is disobedient. He must be spanked when it is time to spank him. He cannot indulge his bad habits, otherwise he will spoil his child.

Didn't someone say that spoiling a child is like killing a child?

As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan was naturally the father of the whole world, so he had the responsibility to teach these disobedient naughty children.

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Just when Zhao Huan was thinking about these messy things, Zhong Shidao also read the information about Zhenwei City, and then handed it back to Wu Xin, saying in a deep voice: "Xixia will suddenly send troops at this time.

I'm afraid I won't be able to get away from Wanyan Zonghan."

Yang Zaixing, who was standing next to Zhong Shidao, raised his head in astonishment and asked, "Wanyan Zonghan? Wanyan Zonghan's head is still on display in the capital. Could it be that he was entrusting a dream to the leader of Xixia to persuade Xixia to send troops?"

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold."

Zhong Shidao said with a gloomy face: "Wanyan Zonghan naturally cannot give a dream to the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, but when Wanyan Zonghan retreats to Datong, he can definitely send someone to Xixia. As long as he informs Xixia about the Jin soldiers' consecutive defeats, even if Xixia is

In order to protect ourselves, we will also send troops to deal with Wanyan Zonghan."

Zhao Huan also hummed and said: "Wanyan Zonghan's plan is indeed very good, and inviting Xixia to send troops together is indeed a good idea. However, Wanyan Zonghan probably did not expect that he could not defend Datong.

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After finishing speaking, Zhao Huan continued to ask: "In view of the love you have, what should Xixia do?"

"The officials want to wipe out all the wasteland and Liuhe, so how can they let Xixia go?"

Zhong Shidao muttered: "It's just that Wanyan Zongbi is still outside Zhending Mansion. If nothing unexpected happens, Wanyan Zongwang's troops should also flee to Zhending Mansion in order to return north. If the officials move to Xixia at this time, Zhending

Over there..."

"How about I go to Zhending Mansion?"

Yang Zaixing shouted eagerly: "If we get three thousand Qingqi, we will definitely capture Wanyan's son alive! Or let me go to Xixia?"

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Zhong Shidao turned around and shouted: "How to fight depends on the official's decision. Why are you so anxious?"

ps: Today I coded again and didn’t pay attention to the time... I cried to death. I took "White-headed Demon Master" to offer sacrifices to heaven to comfort my injured soul.
Chapter completed!